Galina Storozhenko, LCSW

Galina Storozhenko is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 17 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression. She communicates plainly and focuses on practical steps that clients can use between sessions. Galina speaks English and Russian and works from California.

Her approach starts with listening and recognizing each person as the expert on their life. She helps clients identify strengths and small, doable changes. Sessions aim to reduce overwhelming feelings and improve day-to-day coping skills.

Galina uses methods drawn from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and elements of the Gottman Method. These tools are used to address mood and anxiety symptoms, relationship patterns, trauma responses, and the impact of chronic illness or caregiving stress.

She has particular experience supporting people facing abandonment wounds, caregiver stress, chronic pain and illness, workplace problems, and social isolation. Galina helps clients work through guilt, shame, impulsivity, and questions about life purpose and midlife shifts.

Her style is collaborative and strengths-based. She helps people set clear, realistic goals and practices skills to handle panic, social anxiety, or grief. To begin, readers are encouraged to use the site's Start Therapy flow to match and schedule a first appointment.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, chronic health struggles, and finding direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and changing behaviors that keep problems going; it is often used for panic, social anxiety, and mood concerns. The Gottman Method focuses on communication patterns and repairing relationship interactions to reduce conflict and increase connection.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit their needs, goals, and comfort. That choice can shift over time as progress is made and challenges change.

Confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules require it. It can also help people maintain continuity of care during periods of illness or caregiving. Talk with the therapist during the matching and scheduling steps to clarify which session types are offered and what will work best for practical needs.